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A daily account of bricks received from Phileas between the 5th and 11th of the month Epeiph, noting how many were brought by Demetrios and how many came from Tanis. No bricks were recorded on the 7th, marked as the Sabbath. It comes from Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid 3rd century BC.
The marking of the 7th as 'Sabbata' with no delivery suggests the writer, or the workers, observed the Jewish Sabbath. The daily figures are written as Greek numerals; 'Tanis' here is probably a local village rather than the Delta city.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of bricks). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
An account of the quantities of bricks received day by day from the 5th to the 11th of Epeiph. The writer was apparently a Jew, and a strict observer of the Sabbath, for the 7th is marked Sabbata, and on that day no bricks were delivered.
[r,1] Ἐπείφ ε ἔχω πλίνθον τῆς παρὰ Φιλέα ϡκ ϛ Α ζ Σάββατα η Α θ Α ι Β ταύτης Δημήτριος ἦγεν Α τὰ ἐκ Τάνιος Α ια ϡλϛ ταύτης Δημήτριος ἦγεν ωπη τὰ ἐκ Τάνιος μη [r,2] εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ Ϛωνϛ ταύτης Δημήτριος ἀγήοχεν Εωη τὰ ἐκ Τάνιος Αμη [v] σαββαι…ν…λ…
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